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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Drone strikes"”.

  1. The legality of drone strikes under international humanitarian law

    Magwaza, WayneDepartment of Public Law2025

    The increasing use of armed drones in armed conflict presents significant questions as to the legality of their use under International Humanitarian Law. There has been a protracted debate amongst scholars on this subject. As the use of drones becomes more prevalent, it has become more important to …

    cape-town Repository record

  2. Drones and Indexing: A Content Analysis of Print Media Coverage of U.S. Drone Strikes

    Susko, Peter A.2014

    gmu

  3. The shadow wars: An analysis of Associated Press coverage of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen

    Roth, Anthony2014

    1 PDF file (vii, 71 pages)

    northern-iowa Repository record

  4. Asymmetric Strategies and Asymmetric Threats: A Structural-realist Critique of Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2014

    Harris, Kathryn ElizabethVirginia Tech2016

    … turned to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones. From 2004 to 2014, Pakistan has seen the largest volume of U.S. drone strikes targeting radical groups such as al Qaeda and the Taliban, a trend that is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. On the surface, using drones to eliminate …

    vt Repository record

  5. The use of armed drones by the United States against Al-Qaeda and its ‘associates’: a study of law and policy arising from a ‘State of exception’

    Mir, S.Middlesex University2019

    The use of armed drones in undeclared warzones pose various challenges to well established rules of international law. The US drone policies rest on shaky legal grounds, are ambiguous in nature and have been justified by reinterpretation of international law. The UK government’s use of drone strike …

    middlesex Repository record

  6. Inference and Diffusion in Networks

    Bertolotti, PaoloMassachusetts Institute of Technology2022

    … chapter, we study the social network effects of drone strikes, focusing on information and physical diffusion around strikes. Utilizing a dataset of over 12 billion call detail records, we systematically analyze the impact of 74 U.S. drone strikes on communication and mobility in Yemen between …

    mit Repository record

  7. Collateral Damage: Exploring the Metaphors and Realities of War in Three Fictional Narratives

    Dancisak, Jessica N.1970

    … It is vitally important that, in this age of drone strikes and nuclear proliferation, we do not lose sight of the individual human element. For this project, I have written three fictional stories set against a backdrop of human conflict. I use this backdrop to explore the themes of: …

    dominican Repository record

  8. Targeted Killing Technologies and U.S. Counterterrorism Policy

    Bataoel, Vincent Jeffrey

    … States has an ambiguous policy about the use of drones. The unspoken policy is that the use of drones is permissible because the United States is in a legitimate armed conflict with al-Qaeda. This armed conflict, initially in Afghanistan, was sanctioned by the U.S. Authorization of Use of …

    mo-state Repository record

  9. Predator Drones and Public Discourse: A Framing Analysis of the Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

    Lipsman, Jacob E.University of Kansas2014

    … of Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen, by a CIA drone in Yemen on September 30, 2011. The study examined mainstream media broadcast transcripts and publications, advocacy organization press releases, and government statements to analyze the framing of the drone program in the aftermath of the …

    ku Repository record